fd0 not a valid block device

jdtiede · 03-20-2004, 01:53 PM

I was getting this message on one of my boxes before upgrading from RH9 to F1 and I still get it. My other machine has no problems in this area. I have checked /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab to see that all the pertinent entries are the same. Is there another file that designates a valid block device?

Tinkster · 03-20-2004, 02:18 PM

Is the disk you're trying to mount the same
on both machines? If not, you might have forgotten
to format one.

Cheers,
Tink

jdtiede · 03-20-2004, 03:40 PM

It isn't a question of a diskette being formatted or not. If I take a diskette written on one machine and put it on the other, or put any disk in the second machine, it says "not a valid block device" when I try to mount it; I can't get as far as trying to read it.

Oliv' · 03-22-2004, 08:20 AM

To test if /dev/fd0 is really a wrong device, insert an useless floppy and try to format it with mke2fs. You don't to mount it to do that and if that works it will prove you that the problem is not fd0 name

Oliv'

meldar · 04-09-2004, 06:08 AM

I am messing around with this problem too. It seems that /dev/fd0 points to /dev/fd/0 which points to /dev/pts/0... I have builded floppy support as a module, maybe this is the problem?

Oliv' · 04-09-2004, 07:25 AM

Quote:

/dev/fd0 points to /dev/fd/0 which points to /dev/pts/0

That's normal. That's because you use devfs filesystem for /dev... Have you try to use /dev/floppy/0 file instead?
Hope this help you

Oliv'